LAMPEDUSA ISLAND, ITALY - SEPTEMBER 13: Migrants sit at Molo Favaloro as nearly 6,800 irregular migrants arrived on Italy's Lampedusa island over the last 36 hours, local media reported, on September 13, 2023. Located on the Mediterranean route leading from Africa to Europe, Lampedusa welcomed 5,112 irregular migrants Tuesday, and the flow continued even at night with over a thousand more, according to state-run news agency ANSA. Lampedusa City Council convened in an extraordinary meeting and declared a 'state of emergency' on the island. Local and regional authorities asked help from the Italian Government to deal with the emergency situation. Valeria Ferraro / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

LAMPEDUSA ISLAND, ITALY - SEPTEMBER 13: Migrants get on a Red Cross bus as nearly 6,800 irregular migrants arrived on Italy's Lampedusa island over the last 36 hours, local media reported, on September 13, 2023. Located on the Mediterranean route leading from Africa to Europe, Lampedusa welcomed 5,112 irregular migrants Tuesday, and the flow continued even at night with over a thousand more, according to state-run news agency ANSA. Lampedusa City Council convened in an extraordinary meeting and declared a 'state of emergency' on the island. Local and regional authorities asked help from the Italian Government to deal with the emergency situation. Valeria Ferraro / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

LAMPEDUSA ISLAND, ITALY - SEPTEMBER 13: Migrants get on a Red Cross bus as nearly 6,800 irregular migrants arrived on Italy's Lampedusa island over the last 36 hours, local media reported, on September 13, 2023. Located on the Mediterranean route leading from Africa to Europe, Lampedusa welcomed 5,112 irregular migrants Tuesday, and the flow continued even at night with over a thousand more, according to state-run news agency ANSA. Lampedusa City Council convened in an extraordinary meeting and declared a 'state of emergency' on the island. Local and regional authorities asked help from the Italian Government to deal with the emergency situation. Valeria Ferraro / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

LAMPEDUSA ISLAND, ITALY - SEPTEMBER 13: Migrants wait at deck of Favaloro Harbor as nearly 6,800 irregular migrants arrived on Italy's Lampedusa island over the last 36 hours, local media reported, on September 13, 2023. Located on the Mediterranean route leading from Africa to Europe, Lampedusa welcomed 5,112 irregular migrants Tuesday, and the flow continued even at night with over a thousand more, according to state-run news agency ANSA. Lampedusa City Council convened in an extraordinary meeting and declared a 'state of emergency' on the island. Local and regional authorities asked help from the Italian Government to deal with the emergency situation. Valeria Ferraro / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

LAMPEDUSA ISLAND, ITALY - SEPTEMBER 13: Migrants wait at deck of Favaloro Harbor as nearly 6,800 irregular migrants arrived on Italy's Lampedusa island over the last 36 hours, local media reported, on September 13, 2023. Located on the Mediterranean route leading from Africa to Europe, Lampedusa welcomed 5,112 irregular migrants Tuesday, and the flow continued even at night with over a thousand more, according to state-run news agency ANSA. Lampedusa City Council convened in an extraordinary meeting and declared a 'state of emergency' on the island. Local and regional authorities asked help from the Italian Government to deal with the emergency situation. Valeria Ferraro / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

LAMPEDUSA ISLAND, ITALY - SEPTEMBER 13: Migrants wait at deck of Favaloro Harbor as nearly 6,800 irregular migrants arrived on Italy's Lampedusa island over the last 36 hours, local media reported, on September 13, 2023. Located on the Mediterranean route leading from Africa to Europe, Lampedusa welcomed 5,112 irregular migrants Tuesday, and the flow continued even at night with over a thousand more, according to state-run news agency ANSA. Lampedusa City Council convened in an extraordinary meeting and declared a 'state of emergency' on the island. Local and regional authorities asked help from the Italian Government to deal with the emergency situation. Valeria Ferraro / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

LAMPEDUSA ISLAND, ITALY - SEPTEMBER 13: Migrants wait outside of a church as nearly 6,800 irregular migrants arrived on Italy's Lampedusa island over the last 36 hours, local media reported, on September 13, 2023. Located on the Mediterranean route leading from Africa to Europe, Lampedusa welcomed 5,112 irregular migrants Tuesday, and the flow continued even at night with over a thousand more, according to state-run news agency ANSA. Lampedusa City Council convened in an extraordinary meeting and declared a 'state of emergency' on the island. Local and regional authorities asked help from the Italian Government to deal with the emergency situation. Valeria Ferraro / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM